Israeli Air Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon and Near Syrian Border

Israeli forces launched a new wave of air attacks in Lebanon on Saturday after earlier raids killed 10 people. The strikes targeted an area near the Syrian border and several villages in southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s National News Agency said there were five Israeli air attacks shortly before midnight in the mountainous Nabi Sreij area on the outskirts of Brital.

That area had been spared from attacks since April 17.

Saturday the agency reported large explosions in the towns of Yohmor al-Shaqif in Nabatieh and Taybeh in the Marjayoun district. Both locations are in southern Lebanon. On Thursday an Israeli attack near the Tebnine Hospital in southern Lebanon damaged all three floors of the building.

The damage included the emergency room, intensive care unit, surgical ward, and ambulances parked outside, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

Israel’s military had issued two forced displacement warnings since Friday night via its Arabic-language spokesman. The warnings covered the southern Lebanese village of Burj Rahal and the areas of Tyre and Zqouq al-Mufdi. Al Jazeera’s reporter in Tyre described ambulances, rescue teams, and residents who had fled their homes after the displacement order.

Many left in fear and panic, viewing the orders as threats while unsure when they could return. Attacks have continued despite a ceasefire announced by United States President Donald Trump on April 16. The dead include 123 medics, more than 210 children and nearly 300 women, according to statistics shared by Lebanon’s Health Ministry on Friday.